The family of Michael Mosey, a former police officer murdered in 2006, has won permission to have his body exhumed and moved from a cemetery after learning his killer was due to be buried in the same graveyard. Mosey, 58, died after being struck with his own police truncheon at his home near Forth, Lanarkshire; John Mackie was convicted of his murder in 2007. His daughters, Rachel and Carla, launched a legal bid to prevent their father sharing a resting place with Mackie, who died in prison in June, arguing the move was needed to restore dignity and allow the family to grieve in peace.

Lanark Sheriff Court granted the order, with Sheriff David Bernard authorising the disinterment so Mosey's remains can be held by his family, and the paperwork has since been presented to South Lanarkshire Council, which is now arranging the reburial. The daughters represented themselves in court to cut legal costs, using an online fundraiser that raised over £500, and have donated their father's headstone to charity for reuse. The case previously drew wider attention in 2018 when Mackie was granted temporary prison release, prompting then First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to call the family's ordeal "unacceptable" amid calls for stronger victim protections.